Amazon.com Goes Domestic with living.com
[February 1] Amazon.com Tuesday added home furnishings to its product lineup, taking an 18 percent stake in domestic site living.com.

INTERVU, Wave Systems Partner for Streaming E-Commerce
[February 1] Audio and video delivery solutions company INTERVU Inc. and Wave Systems Corp. signed an agreement to enable content providers to make money by streaming content in a secure environment.

Sephora.com Partners for Wireless E-Commerce
[February 1] Beauty products site sephora.comis partnering with wireless delivery company Ajaxo Inc. to make its site available through any wireless, Internet-ready phone.

Appliant.com Launches E-Business Site Monitoring Solution
[January 31] Appliant.com launched Lateral Line Network, a hosted Internet infrastructure management service offering e-businesses data on the performance, availability and usage of their Web sites.

BuyItNow.com to Incorporate MaxxShow into Online Stores
[January 31] Internet retailer BuyItNow.com signed a licensing agreement to incorporate Summus Ltd.'s MaxxShow, a rich media encapsulation tool, into its online store operations.

[January 31] Cendant Corp., in a move that leverages its real estate brand names such as Century 21, launched a nationwide relocation, real estate, and home-related services portal called Move.com.

Amazon.com Cuts Workforce by 150
[January 27] The most popular e-tailer Friday announced plans to trim 150 employees from its work force.

eBay Promotes Person-to-Person Trades to Asian Market
[January 26] eBay Inc. Wednesday recruited some of the Asian Net world's star sites to market its newly launched person-to-person trading platform for the Asian market.

Priceline.com, Hutchison Take Concept to Asia
[January 26] Priceline.com and Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. Wednesday named their own price for an alliance to bring the patented Web service to Asia.

USA Networks Interactive, Styleclick.com Merge
[January 25] USA Networks Interactive Tuesday merged its Internet Shopping Network with Styleclick.com Inc., acquiring a 75 percent stake in the upscale online shopping mall worth about $500 million.